English
Etymology
From now adays
Pronunciation
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Adverb
nowadays (not comparable )
At the present time; in the current era. [from 14th c.]
Cars nowadays are more efficient.
c. 1595–1596 A Midsommer Nights Dreame ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , and Ed[ ward] Blount , published 1623 , →OCLC [ Act III, scene i] , page 152 , column 2:Me-thinkes miſtreſſe, you ſhould haue little reaſon for that: and yet to ſay the truth, reaſon and loue keepe little company together, now-adayes .
1603 Michel de Montaigne , “Cowardize, the Mother of Crueltie”, in John Florio , transl., The Essayes [ … ] [ … ] Val[ entine] Simmes for Edward Blount [ … ] →OCLC page 399 :What is it that now adayes makes all our quarrells mortall?
1762 , A. F. Busching, A New System of Geography , volume 4, translated from German, p.4:
The appellation of Germany , is seldom used now-a-days any where but in the title of the Emperor and Elector of Mentz . 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], “Expression error: Unexpected and operator. ”, in Animal Farm [ … ] Secker & Warburg , published May 1962 , →OCLC in his spare moments, of which there were not many nowadays , he would go alone to the quarry, collect a load of broken stone, and drag it down to the site of the windmill unassisted./mode/1up pages And in his spare moments, of which there were not many nowadays , he would go alone to the quarry, collect a load of broken stone, and drag it down to the site of the windmill unassisted. :2012 , Dick Vinegar, The Guardian , 11 Jun 2012:
My favourite reading nowadays is Pulse, one of the house magazines for GPs.
Synonyms
Translations
at the present time
Assamese: আজিকালি ( azikali )
Basque: gaur egun (eu)
Bulgarian: сега (bg) ( sega ) , понастоящем (bg) ( ponastojaštem )
Burmese: ယခု အချိန် တွင် ( ya.hku.a.hkyintwang )
Catalan: actualment (ca) , avui dia
Chinese:
Mandarin: 現在 ／ 现在 (zh) , 现在 (zh) ( xiànzài )
Danish: nu om stunder
Dutch: heden (nl) , momenteel (nl) , nu (nl)
Finnish: nykyisin (fi) , nykyään (fi)
French: actuellement (fr) , de nos jours (fr) , aujourd’hui (fr) , présentement (fr) ( Canada )
Georgian: დღესდღეობით ( dɣesdɣeobit ) , ამჟამად ( amžamad )
German: gegenwärtig (de) , zur Zeit (de) , derzeitig (de) , jetzt (de) , zurzeit (de) , momentan (de)
Hindi: आज कल ( āj kal )
Hungarian: mostanában (hu) , manapság (hu) , napjainkban (hu)
Indonesian: sekarang ini saat ini
Italian: oggidì (it) , oggigiorno (it)
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Japanese: 現在 (ja) ( げんざい, genzai )
Korean: 요즘 (ko) ( yojeum )
Navajo: dííshjį́
Persian: امروزه (fa) ( emruze )
Polish: teraz (pl) , obecnie (pl)
Portuguese: hoje em dia (pt) , atualmente (pt) , hoje (pt) , agora (pt)
Punjabi:
Gurmukhi: ਅੱਜਕੱਲ ( ajjakalla ) , ਅੱਜ ਕੱਲ (pa) ( ajja kalla ) , ਅੱਜ ਕੱਲ੍ਹ ( ajja kallh )
Shahmukhi: اَجّ کَلّ ( ajj kall )
Russian: в на́ше вре́мя ( v náše vrémja ) , тепе́рь (ru) ( tepérʹ ) , в на́ши дни ( v náši dni ) , сего́дня (ru) ( sevódnja ) (read: sevódnja)
Sanskrit: अद्य (sa) ( adya )
Scottish Gaelic: an latha an-diugh
Slovak: dnes (sk)
Spanish: actualmente (es) , ahora (es)
Swedish: numera (sv) , nu för tiden (sv) , numer (sv)
Ukrainian: тепе́р (uk) ( tepér ) , ни́ні ( nýni )
Urdu: آج کل (ur) ( āj kal )
Vietnamese: ngày nay (vi) , đời nay dạo này hiện nay (vi)
West Frisian: hjoed de dei hjoeddeis
in the current era
Bulgarian: в наши дни ( v naši dni )
Catalan: avui dia avui en dia
Chinese:
Mandarin: 現今 ／ 现今 (zh) ( xiànjīn ) , 现今 (zh) ( xiànjīn ) , 現在 ／ 现在 (zh) , 现在 (zh) ( xiànzài ) , 當今 ／ 当今 (zh) ( dāngjīn ) , 当今 (zh) ( dāngjīn )
Danish: nu til dags nu om stunder
Dutch: heden ten dage (nl) , tegenwoordig (nl) , (please verify ) vandaag de dag (please verify ) dezer dagen
Esperanto: hodiaŭe
Finnish: nykyisin (fi) , nykyään (fi) , nykyaikana
French: de nos jours (fr)
German: heutzutage (de) , heute (de)
Alemannic German: hütigs Tags
Hebrew: כיום ( kayóm )
Hindi: आज कल ( āj kal )
Hungarian: manapság (hu) , napjainkban (hu)
Indonesian: sekarang (id) , saat ini pada masa kini
Italian: oggidì (it) , oggigiorno (it)
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Japanese: 現在 (ja) ( げんざい, genzai ) , 現代 では ( gendai de wa ) , 現代 に おいて は ( gendai ni oite wa )
Luxembourgish: hautdesdaags
Persian: امروزه (fa) ( emruze )
Polish: współcześnie (pl)
Portuguese: hoje em dia (pt) , atualmente (pt) , hoje (pt) , agora (pt)
Punjabi:
Gurmukhi: ਅੱਜਕੱਲ ( ajjakalla ) , ਅੱਜ ਕੱਲ (pa) ( ajja kalla ) , ਅੱਜ ਕੱਲ੍ਹ ( ajja kallh )
Shahmukhi: اَجّ کَلّ ( ajj kall )
Romanian: în ziua de azi în ziua de astăzi
Russian: в на́ши дни ( v náši dni ) , в на́ше вре́мя ( v náše vrémja ) , тепе́рь (ru) ( tepérʹ )
Scottish Gaelic: an latha an-diugh
Slovak: dnes (sk)
Slovene: dándánes
Spanish: hoy en día hoy día (es) , hogaño (es)
Swahili: siku hizi
Swedish: nu för tiden (sv)
Sylheti: ꠀꠁꠎ-ꠇꠣꠁꠟ ( aiz-xail ) , ꠀꠁꠎꠇꠣꠁꠟ ( aizoxail )
Urdu: آج کل (ur) ( āj kal )
Translations to be checked: "formerly in a combined sense"